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LOT 0200
Western Asiatic Stone Cylinder Seal with Worship Scene
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5/8 in. (2.6 grams, 17 mm).
Tubular haematite seal with incuse scene including a seated figure with a sceptre facing an ox-headed figure, star between, standing figure in flounced skirt to the rear; possibly Hittite workmanship.
Provenance
From the 'S' collection, acquired 1970-1990s.
The collection was seen and studied by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993.
Literature
Cf. Collon, D., Near Eastern Seals, London, 1990, p.36.
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